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Much of the discussion post-Black Friday concerned the migration of the indicted sites' players - just who would benefit from the controversy of April 15, 2011?

ON APRIL 15, 2011, the Department of Justice dropped a nuclear bomb on the US online poker industry. The wave of indictments and seizures on 'Black Friday' dealt a crippling blow to a thriving market as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, the dominant two sites in the industry, immediately moved to pull out of the US. While some online poker players have found their way to other sites still serving Americans, many have seemingly stopped playing altogether.

The 'big two' get a haircut

Withdrawing from the US market did serious damage to PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker (see Table i). However, those sites had built up a solid international player base and, as a result, they were not hurt as badly as they would have been just a year or two ago. After taking the initial hit, losing between 25% and 40% of their traffic, the 'big two' quickly...[more]

Aside from promoting the new film 'All-In - The Poker Movie’, what other ventures have been keeping you occupied?I’ve been trying to keep busy. My friend and I are developing a poker/Scrabble iPhone game that is taking up a bit of my time. I also signed a new deal to sponsor a poker room in Erie, Pennsylvania called Prescott Downs, I’m working with a casino in Tunica and I’ve just signed on to be one of the lead instructors at the WPT Boot Camp. I’m still travelling around playing for PokerStars in poker tournaments internationally. So, some of it is lower profile, off the radar stuff but still fun, nonetheless.

How did you get involved in the film?They came to me five or six years ago. To be honest, when I got the phone call I was happy to have them come out despite the fact I’d already been interviewed for three or four documentaries, but this was the first one I actually saw come to fruition. When I heard back from them and they asked for an interview I said “no problem...[more]